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Certified Nurse Aide
The Certified Nurse Aide is qualified to perform many important functions
for people in need, such as giving basic nursing and personal care to
patients; helping patients maintain or regain everyday tasks including
eating, bathing, dressing, and toileting; communicating with patients and
providing physical and emotional support to them; making patient
observations and reporting them; and participating in care planning.
The Certified Nurse Aide works under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
Certified Nurse Aides are valuable members of the health care team who are
able to work in a variety of settings including acute care hospitals,
skilled nursing facilities, home care, hospice, physicians' offices,
out-patient clinics, and rehabilitation facilities.
Dental Assisting
Dental Assistants perform many tasks requiring both interpersonal and
technical skills. In additional to assisting the dentist during a
variety of procedures, dental assistants may take and develop dental x-rays,
sterilize instruments and equipment, and take impressions of patients'
teeth. Dental assistants may work in private dental offices,
hospitals, or community health agencies along with clinics, dental product
sales representatives, dental and dental hygiene schools, public schools and
public health departments.
EKG Technician
The EKG Technician is the person responsible for performing diagnostic
tests to assess the heart rhythm and rate in patients. EKGs are also
performed before and after operations, during physical examinations of
patients over 40, for patients with a history of heart disease, when
patients are experiencing chest pains and when the doctor deems it
necessary. EKG Technicians work in hospitals, clinics, doctors'
offices and other health care facilities.
Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) respond to health care crises such as heart attacks,
unexpected childbirth, car accidents, and fires. EMTs use their
knowledge and skills to provide basic and advanced life support to seriously
ill or injured patients before these patients reach the hospital.
Under the direction of a physician, EMTs are told how to proceed
with medical care. They perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation),
control bleeding, place splints on broken bones, and check pulse and
respiration. EMT-Intermediate provides more advanced training that allows
administration of intravenous fluids, and use of advanced airway techniques
and equipment to assist patients experiencing respiratory emergencies. EMTs may work for ambulance companies, rescue or aeromedical services,
hospital emergency rooms, private industry, educational institutions and
government agencies.
Medical Billing and Coding Specialist
A Medical Coder uses a classification system to assign code numbers and
letters to each symptom, diagnosis, disease, procedure, and operation that
appears in the patient's chart. These codes are used for insurance
reimbursement, research, health planning analysis, and to make clinical
decisions. Medical coders work in hospitals, HMOs, insurance
companies, physicians' offices or are self-employed.
Patient Care Technician
Patient Care Technicians work with doctors, nurses and other medical
staff to provide basic patient care which includes observing, recording, and
reporting vital signs, blood pressure, pulse, respiration rates, and height
and weight; collecting and testing specimens, and reporting and recording
patient's conditions and treatments. They also assist patients with
their mobility, bathing, dressing, grooming and personal hygiene.
Patient Care Technicians work in hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers,
and in nursing/assisted living facilities.
Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication and
other health care products to patients. Pharmacy technicians label and
fill prescriptions, order and maintain the pharmacy's stock levels, fill
unit-dose medication carts, package and repackage medications, and deliver
prepared medications. Pharmacy Technicians work under the supervision
of licensed pharmacists. They work in hospital and community
pharmacies, extended care facilities, home health care facilities, and
industry.
Phlebotomy Technician
Phlebotomists draw blood samples from people by venipuncture and skin
puncture, and keep careful records of all procedures for medical tests and
blood donations. Safety precautions are of utmost concern to the
phlebotomist to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases.
Phlebotomists are instructed to adhere to strict policies and procedures
accurately and efficiently while treating the patient with care.
Phlebotomists work in hospitals, independent clinical laboratories, blood
banks, home health agencies, and public health departments.
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